The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-03
GENERAL RAILWAY NEWS.
Matters of Money and Management
About Various Lines.

The contractors on the Macon and Athens
road are confident, says Wednesdays Ban
9ler- Waterman. Capt. Bradeen arrived in
Athens, Monday night, and from all
appearances, is confident of getting
his money this week. Mr.. Hampton
has been to Macon, and saw the
dispatches from New York There has
been some trouble in placing the bonds in
England, and when the dispatch was sent stS :
tingthat the money was on the way 1T meant
that it had been shipped from England.
Capt Bradeen is confident that they will
pay off this week or next. The people of
Madison are very hopeful, and 60 every
thing in their power to assist theicontrac-
tors.
Palatka fla Ne,os: We learn that our
citizens will now be afforded an opportuni-
ty of showing their appreciation of good
thing. Mr.. Peoples, the agent of the Macon
road the Georgia Southern and Florida
Railroad Company is i'll the city, and we
are told he is here for the purpose of re-
ceiving subscriptions, and any aid we may
wish TO give them as an inducement TO come
here. Now is the time to show our iber-
atty, and remember it will not be a. bad in
vestment; it will, indeed, be bread cast
upon the waters.
Tracklaying on the Georgia Midland and
Gulf railroad was completed to McDonough
on Tuesday. 1t viii be several days before
the trains go through to that point as the
roadbed will have to be leveled cousidera-
bly, yet. When trains are put ON this road
it will be, without doubt, one of the best
and most thoroughly equipped in the
South. 1t is expected that this road viii be
of great benefit to Griffin, and on this ae-
rount their people have taken considerable
interest in it from the very first, and they
will.be glad to know it has been completed
to McDonough.
An important meeting of the Blackville,
Aston and Newberry Railroad Company
will be held in Blackville on Sept. 20. Quite
a number of Charleston people are inter-
e<ted in the construction of this line.
The Fort Valley Mirror says: "Mr. H. C.
Harris came home Saturday night and spent
Sunday and Monday here He reports the
road ATLANTA and Hawkinsville raiiroad) as
progressing as rapidly as possible. The road
has now been located to point near this
place, and Mr.. D. H. Visscher has taken the
contract to build from Knoxville to this
point. He will go to work Monday. We
learn that within sixty days the road from
this point to the Florida line will be put I'M
der contract and pushed rapidly through.
Ample money has been secured to build the
road and it will be pushed through as rapidly
as it is possible to build it. Wehave not vet
learned the objective point in Florida, but il
is sufficient to say that it is going to deep
water, and that this line will be one of the
most direct and important for through
travel
Mr.. w. Z. II. Searcy, writing to the Maco
Telegraph, saws: Il indorse most cordially
the resolutions of your city Board Of Trade.
which recognizes the fact that the Savan.
nah, Dublin and Western railroad is now in
process of construction, and if it is contin-
ued to completion within a reasonable time
the city will subordinate all other proposed
roads along the same route to that. This is
just If we fail to build then others are free
30 come in and do what we fail to &C
complish. Macon need feel no apprehcn-
sion, however, as To our ability to build the
road | know an effort has been nade Ia
establish the contrary, but the fact that
eighty miles have been graded and over zoo
hands are now at work on the road should
be sufficient answer to all such sreers of in
terested parties. We W i'll not only build to
Macon, but right on to Birmingham. Ma
con has adopted the policy that we, having
begun the work, SHOULD have the first show
ing That is ell we ask"